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A beautiful prominence eruption shot off the east limb (left side) of the sun on Monday, April 16, 2012. Such...
A solar flare associated with the coronal mass ejection seen in this image generated a flurry of fast-moving solar...
Four different instruments on SOHO show a large CME on Nov. 6, 1997. The sun is at the center, with three...
AS14-66-9306 (5 Feb. 1971) --- A front view of the Apollo 14 Lunar Module (LM), which reflects a circular flare...
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of the moon crossing in front of its view of the sun on Jan....
This graphic shows the flux of radiation detected by NASA Mars Science Laboratory on the trip from Earth to Mars;...
A rare, infrared view of a developing star and its flaring jets taken by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows us what...
Since its launch in 2003, NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer the space telescope originally designed to observe galaxies...
These images, taken with NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer and the Pan-STARRS1 telescope in Hawaii, show a brightening...
This computer-simulated image shows gas from a tidally shredded star falling into a black hole. Astronomers observed...
Photograph by Skylab 2 Solar eruption (flare)
April 21, 2011 marks the one-year anniversary of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) First Light press conference,...
SDO AIA image of the X3.1 flare in 131 angstrom light from 21:43 UT on October 24, 2014. Credit:NASA/SDO More info:...
Active region AR 12192 on the sun erupted with a strong flare on Oct. 24, 2014, as seen in the bright light of this...
Preparing for a more powerful space station, building a more fuel-efficient aircraft, and a way to possibly predict...
This CME image from Oct. 7, 2012, captured by two instruments on STEREO, shows the eruption from its base out into...
STEREO witnessed the March 5, 2013, CME from the side of the sun – Earth is far to the left of this picture. While...
OHO captured this image of a CME from the side – but the structure looks much different from the classic light bulb...
There's no way to tell from this SOHO image whether the halo CME on March 5, 2013, originated from the front or far...
A giant cloud appears to expand outward from the sun in all directions in this image from Sept. 28, 2012, which is...
The sun is always changing and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is always watching. Launched on Feb. 11, 2010, SDO...
Documentation and PR photographs of Gamma-Ray Imager/Polarimeter for Solar Flares (GRIPS) test hardware at Plum...
Documentation and PR photographs of Gamma-Ray Imager/Polarimeter for Solar Flares (GRIPS) test hardware at Plum...
The same rocket fuel that helps power the Space Shuttle as it thunders into orbit will now be taking on a new role,...